Shudder, AMC’s specialty streaming channel that focuses on classic and contemporary horror films (and curated by programmers Colin Geddes and Sam Zimmerman), is getting better and better, with awesome uncut HD presentations of some of the genre’s most esoteric titles.

This weekend the channel has added a terrific trio of cool flicks, one of which is a noted masterwork, another that’s a beloved cult title and a third that is incredibly undervalued and demands to find the audience sadly denied it upon its barely there release.

First, there’s Dario Argento’s mesmerizing follow-up to his 1977 landmark Suspiria, 1980’s Inferno. The second of the Italian director’s “Three Mothers” trilogy (the last one being 2007’s not-great Mother of Tears), Inferno moves its terrors to New York, soaking the screen in red and blue gels (with a terrific opening aided by the master of blue and red gels, Mario Bava) and a pounding Keith Emerson score. Denied a US theatrical release, this one took some time to find its following but is now acknowledged as the major work of delirium it is.

Next up is Don Sharp’s kinky and atmospheric British biker potboiler Psychomania, a deranged and quirky horror flick that perverts England’s “angry young man” films and mashes them up with Rosemary’s Baby and Easy Rider. A bike gang calling themselves The Living Dead, led by petulant rich kid Tom (Nicky Henson, who is perfection) find out the secret to eternal life is to make a deal with the devil, commit violent suicide, and roar back as undead toughs. John Cameron’s trippy psyche-rock music pushes this nutbar number into another tax bracket entirely.

Lastly, its J.T. Petty’s horror take on John Ford ‘s The Searchers in 2008’s The Burrorwers a real deal horror western; deadly serious and undeniably tense. This monster mash sees a pioneer family go missing and their neighbors face underground creatures when they form a search party. This one’s underrated. But that now that it’s streaming, we’re hoping not for long.

Paramount Pictures will distribute a still-untitled An Inconvenient Truth sequel

Paramount Pictures announced today it will release a still untitled An Inconvenient Truth sequel theatrically. From Participant Media, and directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, the An Inconvenient Truth sequel follows Former Vice President Al Gore’s as he continues his decades long fight to build a more sustainable future for our planet. The 2006 original won two Academy Awards.

“Now more than ever we must rededicate ourselves to solving the climate crisis,” says Gore. “But we have reason to be hopeful; the solutions to the crisis are at hand. I’m deeply honored and grateful that Paramount Pictures and Participant Media have once again taken on the task of bringing the critical story of the climate crisis to the world.”

“We are honored to be working again with Al, Jeff Skoll and everyone at Participant on a film whose message is as urgent as ever,” adds Paramount chairman and CEO Brad Grey. “Al’s tireless efforts to bring about change continues to inspire all of us as we fight for the health of our world for future generations.”

Executive producer, founder and chairman of Participant Media Jeff Skoll says, “A decade after we took a risk in backing a film centered around a slide show presentation and one human’s quest to awaken global consciousness about our changing planet, we are proud to bring global audiences a promising update: that a future powered by clean, safe, renewable, inexpensive, non-polluting energy is no longer a dream but a very attainable reality.”

“It has been our honor to work with Participant on the follow-up to ‘An Inconvenient Truth,'” say Cohen and Shenk. “Climate change is the story of our time and following Al Gore during this critical moment in history has been both sobering and incredibly inspiring. We couldn’t be more excited to have Paramount taking the film out to a wide audience around the world.”

Stepping beyond the limits of the first movie’s focus on Gore’s inspirational slide presentation, the An Inconvenient Truth sequel travels the world and delivers an inspirational story of change in the making. It is produced by Richard Berge and Diane Weyermann and executive produced by Jeff Skoll, Davis Guggenheim, Lawrence Bender, Laurie David, Scott Z. Burns, and Lesley Chilcott.

Paramount Pictures will premiere the An Inconvenient Truth sequel at Sundance and then release the film theatrically later in 2017.

A Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel is already on track for a 2019 release!

On the heels of last’s night’s Spider-Man: Homecomingtrailer debut, Sony Pictures has updated their release schedule to reveal that a Homecoming sequel is already on track for a 2019 release. The Homecoming sequel, which will continue to explore the adventures of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will hit theaters July 5, 2019. As a result, the studio is shifting the release of the planned Bad Boys 4 to May 24, 2019. A third Bad Boys film, titled Bad Boys For Life, is still on track for a January 12, 2018 release with The A-Team and The Grey director Joe Carnahan (taking the reigns from Michael Bay.

Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War, Homecoming finds Peter returning home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine – distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man – but when the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.

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]]>Solo Batman Movie Delays Justice League Sequelhttp://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/793823-solo-batman-movie-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solo-batman-movie-2
Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:45:22 +0000http://www.comingsoon.net/?p=793823Director Zack Snyder will follow up the first DC ensemble with an original film, The Last Photograph

Zack Snyder will next helm The Last Photograph as solo Batman movie plans delay a second Justice League film

The Justice League is making way for Batman. According to a story today at The Hollywood Reporter, director Zack Snyder‘s Justice League sequel, originally planned for 2019, has been delayed to make room for Ben Affleck‘s solo Batman movie (tentatively titled The Batman). Snyder’s first Justice League film is still on track for next fall, but the trade reveals that he’ll now follow the super hero ensemble with his long gestating original project The Last Photograph.

The Last Photograph, first announced nearly a decade ago, revolves around a photograph that becomes the catalyst for a journey two men undertake through war-torn Afghanistan. Kurt Johnstad, who previously worked with Snyder on both 300 films, is providing the screenplay and the current plan is to get The Last Photograph in front of cameras sometime next year.

Affleck is directing The Batman and is also writing the screenplay for the DC Comics adaptation with Geoff Johns. It is believed that the storyline will see Affleck’s caped crusader facing off against the infamous mercenary Deathstroke, played by Magic Mike star Joe Manganiello.

Although it hasn’t been completely confirmed by Warner Bros., it sounds like The Batman will take Justice League: Part Two‘s June 14, 2019 release date. That’s an appropriate date for the Dark Knight as Batman celebrates his 80th anniversary in 2019. The character debuted in Detective Comics #27, which hit stands in May of 1939.

Before the solo Batman movie, however, Affleck can seen in the cape and cowl as part of the ensemble cast of Snyder’s first Justice League movie. Affleck rejoins Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot as Superman, and Wonder Woman with Jason Mamoa returning as Aquaman, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, and Ezra Miller as The Flash. Amber Heard is also set to debut in Justice League before moving to the solo Aquaman movie in 2018. Willem Dafoe is also slated to appear as Atlantean Vulko with J.K. Simmons playing Commissioner Gordon and Ciarán Hinds starring as the film’s big bad, Steppenwolf.

Would you rather see a solo Batman movie or a second Justice League hit the big screen in 2019? Let us know in the comments below!

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]]>Tom Holland Reveals He Secretly Enrolled in a High School to Prepare for Spider-Manhttp://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/793811-tom-holland-reveals-he-secretly-enrolled-in-a-high-school-to-prepare-for-spider-man?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tom-holland-reveals-he-secretly-enrolled-in-a-high-school-to-prepare-for-spider-man
Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:47:23 +0000http://www.comingsoon.net/?p=793811Plus he talks scenes in the upcoming film in live Q&A

Tom Holland reveals he secretly enrolled in a high school to prepare for Spider-Man

The webslinger himself, Tom Holland, sat down for a special live Q&A on the official Spider-ManFacebook page to answer a ton of fan questions and in it, he revealed some things that might get him in a bit of trouble, like some scenes from the upcoming movie as well as his secret preparation for the role… enrolling in a high school in secret.

“The coolest thing I think I did for the movie was I was enrolled in a high school in New York, in the Bronx, as a secret. No one knew who I was or what I was doing. I had a fake name and a fake accent. I went to school for three days. It was really fun. It was really interesting because New York high schools are so different to schools that I went to in London. Where I went to a school where you have to wear a suit and tie and it’s all boys, and for me it was the first time that I was in a classroom with girls. It was a really strange experience, it was really fun.

“I told one person. I told one kid at the school. I was like ‘Hey man, listen, I’m actually Spider-Man.’ He did not believe me… At the time I hadn’t made the movie, so I didn’t have any pictures to show him to prove that I was Spider-Man…. No one believed me. Which is actually a good thing, because it makes me think that if Peter Parker went up in his school and was like ‘I’m Spider-Man,’ everyone would be like ‘Nah dude, no you’re not.'”

Check out the full video in the player below!

A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine – distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man – but when the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.

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]]>Interview: Alan Tudyk on Playing K-2SO in Rogue Onehttp://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/793135-interview-alan-tudyk-on-playing-k-2so-in-rogue-one?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-alan-tudyk-on-playing-k-2so-in-rogue-one
Fri, 09 Dec 2016 19:54:53 +0000http://www.comingsoon.net/?p=793135 K-2SO is going to be a new fan favorite

Alan Tudyk on playing K-2SO in Rogue One

Alan Tudyk is no stranger to sci-fi. The actor has starred in Firefly, iRobot, Dollhouse, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and more. He’s also voiced characters in Frozen, Moana, Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia, and others. But whether you see him on the screen or not, there’s one thing he’s known for – being funny. That continues in his role as K-2SO, a new droid in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

I got a chance to see 28 minutes of the new Star Wars story at Skywalker Ranch, and one thing was abundantly clear – K-2SO is going to be a new fan favorite. He stole every scene we saw him in and it was quite apparent that Alan Tudyk’s improvisational humor shone through the character.

I sat down for an interview with Alan and found him to be funny, gracious, and proud to be in a Star Wars film. And he even seemed to be a bit surprised to have been given as much freedom as he was with K-2SO.

ComingSoon.net: I wanted to ask you about developing the character of, is it “Kaytoo”? Is that the short version of it?Alan Tudyk: Yeah, “Kaytoo.”

CS: Okay. There’s a lot of different ways you could go with the voice, the British accent, American accent, a bunch of beeps. How did you go about finding the voice for the character?Tudyk: Gareth and I talked in the beginning about his back story coming from the Empire. And one of the things that I always identified with the Empire was the British accent, except for the Stormtroopers, I realized later. They’re always, “Ah,” they’ve got a very nasally voice, usually, coming out of that thing, and they’re very American sounding. But that was the origin of that.

CS: In the footage that we saw, it’s quite apparent that K-2SO is a lot of the comic relief in an otherwise dark film. Were you conscious of that?Tudyk: I’m a smart ass, I’ll admit it. And so, in situations of tension or heavy, high stakes, gritty moments, I get mouthy and tend towards comedy, lean towards that, because it’s very ripe for levity, and that came through. Gareth let us improv. I got to put a lot of lines in the movie. I didn’t think they would all get in. I would do the lines as written, and then as the takes went on, slowly leave the script and blurt out things that they then used. It’s quite an honor.

CS: Was it scary to think that this improvisational moment may become somebody’s favorite line that they’re quoting for years down the road?Tudyk: That’s always an honor, when someone repeats it back to you, you’re like, “Oh, that was my line. Oh cool.”

CS: So you finally got to see the whole movie at Skywalker Ranch. What was that like, seeing it for the first time?Tudyk: It was very impactful. You know, when you make these movies, there’s a lot of CG, as you know, spaceships taking off. For us, we get into a spaceship that was a set piece and we would act as if we were taking off. Once, they pulled us on a crane.

CS: Oh wow.Tudyk: Yeah, they pulled us up like, two, three stories in the air and then landed us, to get the perspective through the windows, which was really interesting. But all of the planets, the battles in space that you can’t glean from a script, when you see it being done, it takes you on a ride that you hadn’t anticipated, at least myself and talking to the rest of the cast is the same. So when we were finished and you clapped for everybody’s name, because you know everybody, you end on all the—it’s a long clap.

CS: Yes.Tudyk: And it finishes, and we all just sat there in stunned silence for a little bit, trying to process everything we had seen.

CS: Wow.Tudyk: Roll it again, please! But we had to go to dinner.

CS: Did you have a favorite moment that fans should watch out for?Tudyk: I have several, but I can’t talk about them.

CS: Okay. I understand you actually got to chat a little bit with Anthony Daniels?Tudyk: I did. He and I discussed his costume, and it was really impressive. He is wearing the same costume, the same size costume that he did on the day, so after all of these years, he can still fit in the costume. He was too big at one point, but it was only because he had gotten too muscular, right?

CS: That’s a good way.Tudyk: So, exactly. I mean, it really speaks to his shape, his fitness, his health. And he asked me if I was wearing a suit or if I was motion capture. And when I told him it was motion capture, he said, “You sh*t,” in a very saucy, C-3PO way, I guess. I loved it. He was very funny. It wasn’t a rude comment, it was just, saucy.

CS: I saw a great internet meme of your reaction when a spoiler accidentally got let loose. (Alan laughs and shakes his head) Are you glad to finally have the secrecy about to be lifted on all this?Tudyk: Absolutely. Mainly because I want people to see the movie, especially now that we’ve seen it. That’s just a bonus byproduct that I can now have conversations. I’ve been lucky enough to have conversations with the cast and Gareth and the producers, how it’s going forward, how it’s turning out, looking at the different shots as it goes along in post. So I can’t wait for everybody to see it.

CS: Do you think the “Firefly” fans are going to enjoy this “Star Wars” film?Tudyk: I’m sure they are.

CS: There’s a lot of crossover there.Tudyk: It’s a different kind of sci-fi story, of course. You know, “Firefly” was a space western, so it had that kind of, I don’t know…

CS: I always felt like it was Han Solo’s further adventures in space.Tudyk: Right. It had a pioneer feel to it, because so many of the planets had been just turned to settle, to be settlers. People are just dropped off on planets and they’re asked to survive. And so, these worlds could be really undeveloped and hard scrabble life. There is that in “Star Wars,” actually, isn’t there?

CS: We always called it a space western.Tudyk: Yeah.

CS: So “Firefly” took that to the extreme.Tudyk: The main difference here is there’s a lot of aliens that there were no aliens in that world. The aliens in this world are the ones made by ILM and they’re just amazing. I can say that, having been up-close, just wow. And then, even ones that just cross camera, they don’t have a scene. It’s just an amazing creation, just to fill out the room.

CS: There were a lot of directors afraid to tackle “Star Wars.” They just didn’t want to get into it, yet Gareth did.Tudyk: Right.

CS: How did he act as a director, compared to others that you’ve worked with?Tudyk: Allowing a lot of freedom and consulting with the actors on where they see their characters in a moment. That’s typical, except he embraced it. He embraced the characters that were forming as we went along. He didn’t try to muscle us into a different idea that might’ve been his impression, if that was the case, because we would’ve noticed, because he gave us so much freedom. For me, especially, I seriously can’t believe so many of my smart-ass comments throughout this shoot are in a “Star Wars” movie.

CS: You’re making me really look forward to hearing all this.Tudyk: It’s a source of pride, I guess, or I don’t know what the hell. I’m very happy they’re there.

CS: How does the tone on the set change when everybody’s so reverent of the source material?Tudyk: Right. We are fortunate that it’s a standalone, and we’re telling such a different style and the story in such a different style, that the reverence is there, but we get to be our own thing. You know, when Darth Vader’s on set, everybody, there’s sort of a kneejerk reverence. Maybe it’s fear. It’s fear. It’s absolutely fear.

CS: They grew up afraid of Darth Vader, and then there he is, right?Tudyk: There he is, breathing and everything.

CS: Everybody’s an expert, right?Tudyk: Yes, “Stop scratching your ass, Darth. That is not in the canon. That doesn’t happen. He’d do it with the force, for Christ’s sake.”

CS: Right. Is everybody walking around doing the breathing and everything?Tudyk: He was doing the breathing. His suit actually had the breathing locked in, so I think it was a fan made costume, too.

CS: Really?Tudyk: Yeah, I think it was. I think I heard that yesterday. That’d be a good question to ask Gareth. But that it was someone who was a fan who had built the costume and ILM did the helmet and stuff, but the actual apparatus, I think was initially a fan, if they aren’t—anyway, ask Gareth.

CS: Will do. Did you ask them a little bit about “Episode VIII” and what may be coming? Did you have any curiosity about that or did you just want to distance yourself form it?Tudyk: No, I didn’t. They’re so secretive on those movies. They were starting just as we were finishing, but we didn’t cross paths. The only difference, or the way I could tell they were there is because our catering got better, which is really an issue I need to take up with Kathy Kennedy. What the hell was that?

CS: Yeah, yeah.Tudyk: Not that she makes catering choices, but maybe she can intervene.

CS: I’m sure she could pull a few strings.Tudyk: She could intervene in the future standalone movies.

The Bye Bye Man clip and viral launched

STX Entertainment has released the first Bye Bye Man clip, which reveals a way in which ten (un)lucky people will have the chance to invite The Bye Bye Man into their life…

In the film, a group of college students move into an old house and bring the furniture out of the basement, including a nightstand which Elliot (Douglas Smith) places next to his bed. The inside drawer has “don’t say it, don’t think it” scrawled all over the liner paper, hiding the carved words “The Bye Bye Man” underneath.

Now you can invite The Bye Bye Man into your life with a custom built cursed nightstand and find out if you’re able to survive his possession.

Get yours free locally via Craiglist in these ten markets. Be the first to reply to the ad and reference The Bye Bye Man to get one delivered to you. Inside you will find a clue to additional creepy content from the film and one lucky winner will receive a golden ticket to be flown out to LA for a screening of The Bye Bye Man with the filmmakers.

People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time and again, we grapple to understand what drives a person to do such terrible things. But what if all of the questions we’re asking are wrong? What if the source of all evil is not a matter of what…but who? When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there is only one way to avoid his curse: don’t think it, don’t say it. But once the Bye Bye Man gets inside your head, he takes control. Is there a way to survive his possession?

Jonathan Penner adapted the script from the short story “The Bridge to Body Island” by Robert Damon Schneck, while Stacy Title (The Last Supper) directs. The Bye Bye Man opens in theaters on January 13, 2017.

New Power Rangers Zords are hiding in latest poster

Lionsgate has released another new poster for their upcoming big screen reboot of Power Rangers featuring some of the new Zords from the film, though they’re a little camera shy. Check out the new Power Rangers Zords in the poster below.

Saban’s Power Rangers follows five ordinary high school kids who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover that they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so they will have to overcome their real-life issues and band together as the Power Rangers before it is too late.

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Fri, 09 Dec 2016 18:27:31 +0000http://www.comingsoon.net/?p=793741Details are sparse on whether he will live by the sea

Puff the Magic Dragon movie in development at Fox

Your eyes do not deceive you. Deadline reports that the Peter, Paul, & Mary song “Puff the Magic Dragon” is getting a feature film adaptation at 20th Century Fox.

Said to be a hybrid live-action/animated movie, Mike Mitchell will direct. Mitchell recently directed the animated feature Trolls for DreamWorks Animation, but he’s also no stranger to the concept of combining live-action photography with animation, having directed Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked as well as the live-action portions of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. His other credits include Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Sky High, and Shrek Forever After.

Safehouse partners Tory Tunnell (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Holy Rollers)and Joby Harold (Edge of Tomorrow) will produce the feature, having gained the rights to the original song.

Released in 1962, “Puff the Magic Dragon” reached the number two spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song tells the story of a young boy growing out of his imagination as he gets older and leaving behind Puff, who lives by the sea. An animated TV special, featuring the voice of Burgess Meredith as Puff, was released in 1978 and was following by two sequels.

New Humans characters profiled in a video from AMC

Get your first look at Carrie-Anne Moss and other new faces joining the second season of AMC‘s Humans. You can see the new Humans characters when Season 2 will premiere on Monday, February 13 at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT.

Humans is penned by writing partners Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (Spooks, Spooks: The Greater Good) and is set in a parallel present and explores what happens when the lines between humans and machines are blurred. The eight-episode Humans season 2 picks up several months after the events of season one, with Niska (Emily Berrington) still at large and in possession of the consciousness code. Her synth family, Mia (Gemma Chan), Leo (Colin Morgan), and Max (Ivanno Jeremiah), unaware of her location, are each trying to find their place in the world while Joe (Tom Goodman-Hill) and Laura (Katherine Parkinson) attempt to mend their marriage. As unconfirmed reports of synths behaving inexplicably surface, the ripple effects of one simple yet seismic decision sees the past return dramatically and surprisingly to the door of the Hawkins house. Joe, Laura, and the entire family are faced with a difficult choice that will put the family under an intense spotlight. As an emerging form of intelligent life – the synths – and an established one – humanity – fight for their places in the world, a thrilling multi-stranded narrative evolves which continues to ask: who has the right to determine what it means to be alive?

Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix, Jessica Jones) joins the cast as Dr. Athena Morrow, a pre-eminent Artificial Intelligence expert who is driven by her own motives to create a new kind of machine consciousness. Additional casting includes, Sam Palladio (Nashville, Episodes) as Ed, a struggling café owner trying to breathe life into his family business; Marshall Allman (True Blood, Prison Break) plays Milo Khoury, a young Silicon Valley billionaire, founder and CEO of a leading technology company intent on changing the world; Sonya Cassidy (The Paradise, Olympus) as Hester, one of the most unique Synths on the planet; Bella Dayne (Man in the High Castle) as Astrid, a free-spirited young Berliner who will be tested by someone special who comes into her life; and Letitia Wright (Black Panther, Cucumber, Banana) as Renie, a bullied seventeen-year-old “synthie,” a fast-growing subculture of humans pretending to be Synths.

In addition to Vincent and Brackley, Humans season 2 is written by Joe Barton, Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby. The series is produced by Kudos in association with Matador Films. Executive producers are Derek Wax (The Hour, Capital) and Chris Fry (The Smoke, Spooks) for Kudos; Vincent and Brackley; and Henrik Widman and Lars Lundström for Matador Films. The series is produced by Paul Gilbert and directed by Lewis Arnold (Broadchurch), Carl Tibbetts (Black Mirror: White Bear), Francesca Gregorini (The Truth About Emanuel) and Mark Brozel (Dickensian).

Humans was commissioned for Channel 4 by Beth Willis and Simon Maxwell, and Joel Stillerman and Kristin Jones for AMC.

AMC will air a Humans first season marathon will air on December 30th from 9:00am – 5:00pm ET/PT.

HBO developing space colonization drama from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot

Fresh off of the success of the first season of Westworld, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that HBO has tapped J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot for another hour-long drama with Glare. Writer Javier Gullón (Enemy) will pen the script for the pilot episode and executive produce the series.

As with other Bad Robot projects, the series is largely a mystery but will tell the story of the colonization of another planet.

This marks Abrams’ latest foray into television, with an extensive resume that includes What About Brian, Six Degrees, Undercovers, Alcatraz, Almost Human, Person of Interest, 11.22.63, and more notably, Felicity, Lost, Alias, and Fringe. Abrams has previously been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy awards, winning two for LOST in 2005.

It’s unclear when Glare will be targeted for release, though HBO remains light on dramas for the 2017 series with The Leftovers coming to a close in the spring, Game of Thrones not returning until summer (with a shorter season than usual to boot), and Westworld not returning at all, opting instead for a 2018 bow for season two.

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Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:57:11 +0000http://www.comingsoon.net/?p=7937071986 cult classic and its sequels coming in March from Arrow

Arrow Video brings the complete House film series to DVD and Blu-ray

Beloved genre home video imprint Arrow Video has made a pretty exciting announcement via their UK offices today. This coming March, Arrow will release the complete House saga, brought together on Blu-ray for the first time. This is a UK release, so you will need a region free player in order to absorb its wonders.

You remember House, right? The 1986 Sean S.Cunningham-produced black comedy horror film directed by Steve Miner, starring The Greatest American Hero’s William Katt and fueled by a great Harry Manfredini score? This writer has fond memories of sneaking into the theater to see it as a kid and being disoriented by its manic shifts in tone, imaginative special FX and genuine darkness at its core. It was, in essence, the first Vietnam-centric horror movie I ever saw.

Arrow is releasing that magnificent film as well as its three vaguely-related sequels on DVD and Blu-ray together in one great package for the first time on March 20th.

The original House stars Katt as Roger Cobb, a horror novelist struggling to pen his next bestseller. When he inherits his aunt’s creaky old mansion, Roger decides that he has found the ideal place in which to get some writing done. Unfortunately, the house’s monstrous supernatural residents have other ideas…

House II: The Second Story sees young Jesse (Arye Gross) moving into an old family mansion where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. Plans for turning the place into a party pad are soon thwarted by the appearance of Jesse’s mummified great-great-grandfather, his mystical crystal skull and the zombie cowboy who’ll stop at nothing to lay his hands on it!

In House 3 (released domestically as The Horror Show), Lance Henriksen stars as a detective who sends a sadistic serial killer to the electric chair, only to find himself stalked by the maniac from beyond the grave.

Meanwhile, House IV: The Repossession has William Katt returning to the fold for one last terrifying tale that mixes seedy mobsters, Native American spirits and a singing pizza in perhaps the craziest House entry of all!

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
•Brand new 2K restorations of all four films
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•The House Companion – limited edition 60-page book featuring new writing on the entire House franchise by researcher Simon Barber, alongside a wealth of archive material

Are you a fellow House fan? What do you think of strange sequels? Will you be picking this set up? Do you have a region free Blu-ray player? Answer my damned questions in the comments below! And pre-order the House set here!

New slasher saga Pitchfork poised to strike in January

We reported this past summer that Glenn Douglas Packard’s go-for-broke slasher spectacle Pitchfork premiered its first trailer at the 2016 Fantasia Film Festival. Now we have news that the film has been picked up and scheduled for release via Uncork’d Entertainment on January 13th on DVD and VOD and they’ve released an intense new trailer and stylin’ poster.

Synopsis:Having recently shared a life-changing secret with his family, Hunter recruits his friends to come with him from New York to the farm where he grew up as he faces his parents for the first time. As the college students enjoy the fresh air of Michigan farm country, an older, more dangerous secret slowly emerges. While Hunter navigates a new place within his conservative family, a vicious creature from their past descends on the farm, putting the unsuspecting city kids in mortal danger.

Produced by Packard, Darryl F. Gariglio and Noreen Marriott, with associate producer Shaun Cairo, and boasting a screenplay by Gariglio and Packard, Pitchfork aims to introduce its audience to a horrifying new movie monster.

Feast your tired eyes on the trailer below. Is there room in your life for yet another ultra-violent slasher flick? Has this genre already been beaten to a pulp or will Pitchfork offer something new? Let us know you thoughts in the comments below!

Sit down with the La La Land cast, including stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling

Likely to be a film that is going to be talked about quite a bit between now and the Academy Awards, La La Land marks writer and director Damien Chazelle’s followup to his critically acclaimed Whiplash. The film hits theaters today in New York and Los Angeles and ComingSoon.net is thrilled to present our conversation with Chazelle and his La La Land cast. In the player below, you can watch as we go behind the scenes with stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as well as John Legend, who also serves as Executive Producer on the film.

La La Land tells the film tells the story of Mia (Stone), an aspiring actress, and Sebastian (Gosling), a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams.

The La La Land cast also includes Jessica Rothe, Sonoya Mizuno and Callie Hernandez as well as J.K. Simmons, who reunites with Chazelle following his Oscar win for Whiplash. Producers include Fred Berger, Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt.

If you don’t live in New York or Los Angeles, fear not. Lionsgate‘s Summit Entertainment is set to release La La Land wide next week, on Friday December 16.

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Fri, 09 Dec 2016 16:11:29 +0000http://www.comingsoon.net/?p=793677Stay tuned for the trailer on Sunday!

The Fate of the Furious title reveal for the 8th Fast & Furious

Universal Pictures has released a new video revealing the title of the eighth Fast & Furious movie – The Fate of the Furious. The film opens in theaters on April 14, 2017.

The cast for the film will be on hand for a live trailer debut event on December 11 which will be streamed on Facebook! Stay tuned for the event, starting on Sunday at 4:40PM PT / 7:40PM ET.

On the heels of 2015’s Furious 7, one of the fastest movies to reach $1 billion worldwide in box-office history and the sixth-biggest global title of all time, comes the newest chapter in one of the most popular and enduring motion-picture serials of all time: The Fate of the Furious.

Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game—and the rest of the crew has been exonerated—the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman (Oscar winner Charlize Theron) seduces Dom into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before.

From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, our elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world’s stage…and to bring home the man who made them a family.

For The Fate of the Furious, Vin Diesel is joined by a returning all-star cast that includes Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky and Kurt Russell. In addition to Theron, the series welcomes newcomers Scott Eastwood and Oscar winner Helen Mirren. The film is directed by F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton) and produced by returning producers Neal H. Moritz, Michael Fottrell and Diesel.

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Assassin’s Creed International Trailer: Jeremy Irons recaps the video games

Should you find yourself eager to see the upcoming Assassin’s Creed movie but without any knowledge of its video game basis, 20th Century Fox has you covered. In a new international trailer, Jeremy Irons does his best to explain the basic plot of the games. Check it out in the player below!

Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.

Star Wars news for the week of December 9, 2016

The purpose of this roundup is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of December 9, 2016 in one location. If you read this each week, you should be able to converse fluently with any Star Wars fan on everything from the latest Star Wars developments to the latest toys. And maybe you’ll even share with them something that they might have missed.

Let’s get to it!

Rogue One News and Rumors

This past week, I attended the Rogue One press junket in San Francisco. The weekend included screening 28 minutes of footage at Skywalker Ranch, video interviews with the cast and director, a tour of Lucasfilm and ILM, and more! You can get a peek at my visit via the Twitter links below. I avoided spoilers, so carry on!

Good news! Twitter will be replaying the cast Q&A and tour from Lucasfilm over the next couple days, so those of you who missed it, will be able to catch it! The Q&A featured Gareth Edwards, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Alan Tudyk and Donnie Yen.

65 Screenshots from the Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer

Following the new Spider-Man: Homecomingtrailer last night, we’ve combed through the video and pulled out 65 screenshots for your viewing pleasure! Keep your eyes peeled for the moments you may have missed, like Donald Glover’s character, in the gallery below!

A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine – distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man – but when the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.

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Fri, 09 Dec 2016 13:59:56 +0000http://www.comingsoon.net/?p=793511War for the Planet of the Apes opens nationwide on July 14, 2017

The War for the Planet of the Apes trailer is here!

20th Century Fox has debuted the first War for the Planet of the Apes trailer, which you can watch using the player below! Underneath the trailer, you’ll also find the new poster and photos in the gallery. After you’ve watched the trailer, you won’t want to miss our report from the set.

In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

The film stars Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Terry Notary and Karin Konoval. War for the Planet of the Apes opens nationwide on July 14, 2017.

What do you think about the War for the Planet of the Apes trailer? Are you looking forward to the film? Let us know in the comments below!

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Fri, 09 Dec 2016 13:59:09 +0000http://www.comingsoon.net/?p=792601War for the Planet of the Apes picks up two years after the conclusion of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

ComingSoon.net visits the War for the Planet of the Apes set!

Nestled in the mountains of Canada (or rather, California, when you see the final film) lies a hidden military installation. Before the Simian flu killed most of humanity, it was used for storage, though what it was storing we can’t say. Outside the base’s main entrance you’ll see armed soldiers, true battle-tested warriors standing guard over those that live in the base’s internment camp: apes. The beasts have been captured by these humans to complete a task that only they can do. To put things in real world terms, they’re at war.

War for the Planet of the Apes picks up two years after the conclusion of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the conflict is beginning to take its toll on both sides, including ape leader Caesar. Played once again by Andy Serkis, Caesar will find himself facing a new type of challenge in the film, something a little more subtle than perhaps the grandiose title of the sequel would make you think.

“At this point in his journey two years have past and the ALZ drug has continued to enable Caesar to develop,” Serkis revealed. “They’re now living in a situation where both apes and humans have been at war and there’s a sense that this is the climax moment where both species are under huge threat… it’s pretty apocalyptic.”

The film begins with a battle sequence that will earn the movie its title, and some concept art that we saw showed the apes even wearing helmets for their battles with the humans.

“I believe we have the best opening of all the movies,” producer Dylan Clark says. “And what I really like about it is I think the audience has been waiting for this kind of fight to happen. But I also think they don’t want to just see human army vs ape army, you can’t have an entire movie of that. We’re in the apes point of view.”

How much of the Ape’s point of view? We were given a figure. If Rise of the Planet of the Apes was 50% apes and 50% humans, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was 65% apes and 35% humans, then War for the Planet of the Apes is 95% apes and 5% humans.

After this big opening battle, there comes a moment where Caesar finds himself lost in the fog of war and departs from his band of apes in what the film’s producer, Dylan Clark, calls “a dark journey to end this war.”

That dark journey will take Caesar to some new locations and environments that he’s never ventured to before, places like the snowy mountains.

The apes in the film are rendered in 2K resolution by Weta, a process that takes between 30 and 40 hours PER FRAME to complete. To top it off, 2K is a slight downgrade for the film’s resolution as director Matt Reeves chose to shoot the film on 65mm film, meaning if the apes were being rendered in 6.5K instead, an additional year of post-production would be needed simply to render the special effects.

Caesar will venture to some other places in the film, like the ocean’s shore, as War for the Planet of the Apes is a road movie. Not just any road movie though, it’s a road movie on a horse back. Another piece of concept art we saw showed Caesar riding his horse and toting a gun, which conjured up one image: an old west gunslinger.

“It’s a western,” Clark said of the movie. “He’s Clint Eastwood in this movie.”

Eastwood’s Unforgiven was cited to us as an influence on the film along with director David Lean, whose work includes Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Caesar isn’t alone on this journey, as he brings along his closest friends and confidants – fellow chimp Rocket and signing Orangutan, Maurice.

“Maurice’s number on commitment since meeting Caesar was linking with him and a devotion to him as an adviser, and as his conscious pretty much,” Karin Konoval, who plays Maurice, said of her character. “Maurice’s role here is a furthering of that. He will not leave Caesar’s side… He will challenge Caesar at times but in that his devotion to him doesn’t change.”

Rocket, on the other hand, takes this opportunity to further be there for Caesar since his friend stood by his side after the death of his son in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

“Caesar was there for me at that point,” Terry Notary, who works as both a movement coach and plays Rocket. “And in the space between that film and this one, you feel the friendship between Caesar and Rocket having grown through that experience. And it gives Rocket the ability and maturity to overcome his own plight.”

Along the way though, the group will encounter even more apes out in the world, apes that have begun evolving as well.

“They find out there are apes outside of the Muir Woods that are evolving and changing,” Serkis says of their journey. “They also discover how much the virus is changing humanity. The virus is having a rebirth and is attacking the humans in another way too.”

One of those apes is played by comedian Steve Zahn, whose ape sanctuary home is an all digital set that will be created entirely in post-production. We were told little about Zahn’s character except that unlike most of the other apes, he has a firm grasp on speaking English, which he does frequently.

As we walk into the giant set of the film (so giant in fact that a miniature model was in a nearby shipping container to show us what it would look like when completed with CG effects), a few things stick out. The apes are kept in cages, separated into groups, but not all of the apes are behind bars. Some of them are holding guns and standing next to the human soldiers. Some, but not too many, have defected to the other side following the fallout between Caesar and Koba.

Here is where the conflict at the heart of War for the Planet of the Apes becomes small. Though the two sides are warring over an entire planet, in reality the conflict comes down to just two characters: Andy Serkis’ Caesar on the ape aide and Woody Harrelson’s The Colonial with the humans. The action that prompts the opening action sequence of the film is the human’s belief that if they kill Caesar, they can end this conflict by effectively “cutting off the head” of the apes.

“He’s a war time leader. He’s carrying and bearing that weight,” Serkis said.

Caesar takes this human strategy to heart and decides to practice it himself, targeting Harrelson and prompting his journey.

“Caesar believes if he can kill Woody they can win this war and let it be over and let the apes he’s leaving go off and start a new,” Clark said before offering one final tease. “It doesn’t turn out that way.”

War for the Planet of the Apes will debut in theaters on July 14, 2017. You can watch the trailer by clicking here!